Hot topic of civil service examination: can a smoking ban be made?

The space for smokers in Beijing to "smoke" will be reduced again. The Standing Committee of Beijing Municipal People's Congress recently voted to pass the Regulations of Beijing Municipality on Smoking Control, which will be implemented on June 1 2005, making it clear that smoking is prohibited in all public places, indoor areas of workplaces and public transport. This means that all indoor public places with roofs and covers will be completely smoke-free.

After the "Regulations" were passed, some people applauded and thought that it was high time to benefit people's health; Some people object that it is not pragmatic enough and too harsh; Some people are also worried: very good, can it be put in place? The essence of different attitudes is a seemingly advanced local law. What kind of orientation should we give: "respect the reality", compromise the existing national qualities and habits, or "go forward bravely" to lead and force the progress of Chinese civilization and habits?

No smoking in public places, respecting others' "right to be free from second-hand smoke" is a manifestation of observing public civilization. In today's increasingly perfect civilized society, the degree of civil civilization directly affects the determination of comprehensive quality; The degree of civilization of a country is linked to its comprehensive strength. Needless to say, we often have shameful performances in this respect. Many people are heartbroken and call on their compatriots to pay attention to their image when going abroad on various occasions, so as not to lose the face of their compatriots. There are also many people who carry out various educational activities, hoping to make China people consciously improve their civic quality. These measures can't be said to have no effect at all, but they treat the symptoms rather than the root cause.

To tell the truth, what China people don't lack most is moral preaching. Don't those smokers know the dangers of smoking? Don't you know that smoking will do harm to others? Don't those people who spit everywhere know that this behavior is uncivilized? Not many people don't understand the truth. Warning signals are everywhere. How many people can't read? Most of them are "pretending to be confused." The fundamental reason is that people think that those rules are all verbal and nobody cares. What do you care?

Only by prescribing the right medicine can we see the actual effect. Instead of wasting your breath criticizing China people's low civic literacy, it is better to do a few immediate things in a down-to-earth manner. The most anti-smoking in Beijing now is a step forward-since the direction is right, it must be done more in place. In order to improve the civilized quality of citizens and change many bad habits of China people, effective laws and regulations must be formulated and strictly enforced. A few years ago, it was common to drive away after drinking. Later, because of the strict enforcement of drunk driving, today "driving without drinking, drinking without driving" has become common sense. This is the role of management. In particular, the management of public civilization has a solid foundation of public opinion, and most people will give them understanding and support.

Think about it. Twenty years ago, people who smoked on the bus, teachers who smoked in class, leading cadres who smoked in meetings, and people who smoked indoors in collective offices were bored, but there was nothing they could do. In recent years, it is precisely because of the introduction of various smoking bans that the number of smokers in public places has gradually decreased. This is progress. Of course, there will be challenges in further banning smoking, especially the resistance and obstruction of a considerable number of smokers. With the help of large area, large population and difficult law enforcement, the "most forbidden smoking" will exist in name only.

Because of this, the most severe smoking ban in Beijing will "force" the public civilization that is used to it, and it is destined to be a tough battle. If we want to implement this law, we must have a serious habit of "compulsory" law enforcement. Optimistically, the "Regulations" clarify the tobacco control law enforcement mode of "health law enforcement as the mainstay, supplemented by industry supervision", clarify the personnel composition of public security, urban management and other departments involved in tobacco control law enforcement, and clarify the punishment basis for those who do not listen to dissuasion. Compared with some previous smoking bans, it is obviously more fully prepared.

Civilization is a way of life from the inside out, but its source usually comes from public order and good customs and the constraints of laws and regulations. Everyone makes a rule, believes in it and fears it, instead of being hostile to it and fighting it. Over time, it will become a common civilization. Many years later, when Beijing's "strictest" model is copied to the whole country and implemented everywhere, and when smoking in any public place becomes a rule that all China people will abide by, looking back at Beijing's "strictest" tobacco control regulations, there will be different glories.